‘Walking Dead’ Deaths That Are Apparently Less Obscene Than Breasts

I’m amazed by nearly every episode of The Walking Dead, not because of the terrible decision-making, but by the amount of over-the-top violence the show gets away with. Don’t get me wrong, I love watching Michonne lob off some zombie heads, but it’s mind-boggling that basic cable channels still won’t show a woman’s nipple or drop an f-bomb. There may come a day when Abraham can opt for “motherf*ckr” instead of “mother dick” — though mother dick was a hilariously welcomed change-up — but for now, The Walking Dead can be as violent as it wants, but they better not even think about showing a breast. That kind debauchery is only for the hedonists at HBO.

In case you need a reminder of just how much gloriously brutal violence the show is allowed to get away with, here’s a brief recap. If a regular episode makes you squeamish, you may want to turn back now.

1. A guy having his face eaten by a burning walker. A-okay.

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2. The Governor smashing a walker’s face into the skulls of other walkers. No breasts in sight, so it’s cool.

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3. Yup, totally cool.

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4. As long as he doesn’t drop an f-bomb while having his guts ripped out, everything’s fine.

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5. They can’t talk, so the FCC censors really had nothing to worry about here.

Yeah I do point this out to my wife that to have the sexual equivelent to Noah’s death you’d have to have some full on vaginal penetration. But you’ll never fucking see that on cable but having a dudes face ripped open? Perfectly fine!

FCC has nothing to do with basic cable. The censorship here all about fear of losing advertisers, and hoping that their shows can get picked up for syndication by local broadcasting networks. But yeah, violence is way more likely to end up on broadcast and slipping by the FCC than boobs.

Can i just say that i like phrases like “Mother Dick” better than standard curses like “motherfucker”, because to me, except for Rick’s line while locked up in the train car, most of the time that language comes off as lazy. I like when the writers use their brain and are a little more creative and flowery with their language.

Lol. Not exactly, but when your watching something violent, you know its all make believe. But nudity is almost always real. If your watching Game of Thrones with your parents, which would make you more uncomfortable? A decapitation, or a consensual sex scene?